St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-10
exhibition three months or more, and, sales

exhibition three months or more, and, sales
effected. the price is paid to the contribu-
tors, less the society's commission OF 10 per
cent. Pottery, china, tiles, PLAQUES and
embrolderies. curtains lambrequins, decor
ated table and other house linen, paintings
on silk for screens panels. fans, etc.
decorated menus, dinner cards, note paper
and like articles are received and sold, also
original pictures. No one should cOun-
visit to Chicago complete with
out an inspection of the Decora-
tive Art societY's exhibit. AT present
the society is somewhat Inconvenience by
its close quarters. But the 1st OF May it
moves into the new art institute building
on Michigan avenue, where ample room
will be had. The latest novelty to be
placed on exhibition is a consignment OF
Donegal embroidery, the first ever brought
to Chicago. The first ever brought to this
country was received at New York only
last winter. The embroidery takes its
name from its originator. Lady Donegal,
who devised it to give employment to the
poor women of Ireland. 1t is done en-
tirely with linen floss on linen cloth. Any
design is suitable. though in the exhibit
just received the oriental predOminates.
Chair scarfS, infant covers, curtains, etc.,
are among the articles sent over. A pair
of linen monte cloth curtains, worked in an
all-over pattern, with a rather
ELABORATE BORDER
is marked $40 If not their beauty their
novelty and durability would recommend
them to many housekeepers. All the
materials used bear laundrying without in
jury. Among table dainties offered by the
society are center pieces OF boiling cloth,
designed originally in the school. The
painted figures are outlined by Japanese
gold thread, the whole is lined with silk of
some delicious shade, and finished around
the edge with fringe or tassels to match.
Finger bowl doylies of drawn linen lawn
bring $50 per set Chinese linen, a soft
silken fabric. embroidered in white silk and
gold thread, makes beautiful doylies and
center pieces. A down sofa pillow, de-
signed in the school, and pronounced by an
enthusiastic female beholder "a perfect
DREAM" is fashioned of a soft shade of
yellow crepe OH which is exquisitely
painted a floral design, outlined by gold
thread. The lining is soothing shade of
pink silk and the corners are gathered and
finished with pink and yellow silk tasselS
A number of original pictures,
several large pieces of tapestry
painting, and few samples of the Holmes
embroidery are seen on the walls. The last
so cleyerly initiates nature in needlework
that at distance of three or four feet the
snow scene or landscape shown is mistaken
for well-eXecuted bit of tapestry painting.
Quantities of wonderfully dainty toilet arti
Giles distract the feminine fancy, and the
young mothers purse opens as by magic be-
fore a lot Of infants pillows and covers
made of the prettiest. lightest silks, on which
are appropriately painted the smallest and
sweetest flowers. Nothing is better calcu-
lated to teach people generally what art is
than to faniliarize them with the truly beau
tiful by its introduction into all the posi-
bilities of household decoration. Precisely
this is the aim of the decorative art societies
everywhere, and that people at large are
demanding from dealers better designs and
better coloring than formerly goes to show
that they have not existed and strlven In
vain. FLORA MCDONALD.